Case Reports

Former director of Sydney company ASX-listed company TZ Limited was charged with 24 counts of dishonestly using his position as director to gain a benefit for himself and a third party and was sentenced on 10 February 2017 in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to 10 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 6 years.

On 6 November 2015 Anthony Nicholls of Mitcham, Victoria was convicted of three charges contrary to s184(2)(a) of the Corporations Act 2001 of having used his position as a director of Peton Properties Pty Ltd and Zantholls International Pty Ltd dishonestly by authorising the withdrawal and transfer of monies held by and on behalf of the companies to gain an advantage for himself. T

Former Financial Advisor, 51-year-old Melinda Scott was sentenced to six years and three months imprisonment, with a minimum non-parole period of three years and ten months for defrauding 163 clients of $5.9 million over a period of 23 years—collecting close to $3 million personally.